Baltimore Towage & Lighterage Co. v. Shenton

The question in the case is whether the death of the claimant’s husband by drowning could be found to have been the result of an accident arising out of his employment, within the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code, Art. 101.

The husband was employed by the Baltimore Towage and Lighterage Company as a truck driver, and he fell into the water of Baltimore Harbor while waiting for his truck to be loaded with pipes from a railroad car on a pier. The car was on the side of the pier, and was being unloaded from the inner side. Shenton, while waiting, was standing on the outer side of…